Women Got Game
One of the worst stereotypes ever created is one that states that men are generally better than women at athletic sports. Women are looked at as inferior athletes, which I find extremely untrue and unfair. In one experience I have gone through in my so far short life, I have learned that this stereotype is nowhere even close to being the truth. On one cold morning in February when I was only about 14 years old, I got on a plane in Baltimore, Maryland where I met my cousin Lauri. She was one of my favorite cousins, because she was a little older than me, but around my age, and she was really into sports. I never really actually skied with her, but I knew she was a good skier because she won a few races on a ski team. At that time I was like everyone else. I always figured I was better than girls at sports, and when I saw her at the air port I wasn’t really worried about being out-skied by her. She was a short girl, probably around 5 feet tall. She had short brown hair, and was of a medium build. She looked fairly athletic, and the first thing she said was, “So, you going to race me tomorrow?” I started to laugh, being a little cocky fourteen year old, and said, “You don’t stand a chance.” Already I was going into compe
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